José Hernán Sánchez Porras

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José Hernán Sánchez Porras (born March 31, 1944 in Palmira , † October 13, 2014 in Caracas , Venezuela) was a Venezuelan clergyman and military bishop of Venezuela .

Life

José Hernán Sánchez Porras studied philosophy and theology at the Seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas in San Cristóbal and received on June 25 in 1967 by the bishop of San Cristobal de Venezuela , Alejandro Fernández Feo-Tinoco , in Palmira, the ordination . In 1972 he became a military chaplain and served as a lieutenant in the army. In 1994 he was appointed colonel. On December 28, 1981, he was appointed chaplain to His Holiness by Pope John Paul II .

Sánchez Porras was rector of the Thomas Aquinas Seminary from 1988 to 1990 and taught mathematics (1968–1991), social and civil morality (1968–1970), liturgy (1969–1970), religious studies (1972–1980; 1990–1994). , Media and communication studies (1976–1988), Latin (1982–1988) and language didactics (1982–1988).

From July 1996 to January 2001 he was General Secretary of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV).

Pope John Paul II appointed him military bishop of Venezuela on December 19, 2000 . The Archbishop of Barquisimeto , Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela , donated him episcopal ordination on February 16 of the next year; Co- consecrators were Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo , Archbishop of Mérida , and Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez , Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela.

José Hernán Sánchez Porras was a cousin of Baltazar Porras , Archbishop of Merida.

honors and awards

  • Hijo ilustre del Municipio Palmira (1967)
  • General Rafael Urdaneta, III clase, (1984)
  • Hijo Ilustre del Distrito Cárdenas, en su Única clase, (1983)
  • Estrella de Carabobo, en su Única clase, (1986)
  • Orden 27 de junio, II clase, (1989)
  • Orden al Mérito del Ejército, (1992)
  • Botón de oro del Seminario Santo Tomás de Aquino de San Cristóbal, (1992)
  • General Rafael Urdaneta, II clase, (1992)
  • Réplica de la Llave Simbólica de la Ciudad de San Cristóbal, (1993)
  • Orden Banco de Fomento Regional Los Andes, 1 clase, (1993)
  • Medalla de Oro del Seminario Santo Tomás de Aquino de San Cristóbal, (1994)
  • Cruz de las Fuerzas Terrestres, II clase, (1995)
  • Botón de Oro del Municipio Guásimos, (1995)
  • Orden al Mérito en el Trabajo, 1 clase, (2000)
  • Orden Mística "La Virtud del Estadista" General en Jefe Antonio José de Sucre, Categoría Diamante, (2000)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f "Fallció el obispo castrense José Hernán Sánchez Porras" , El Universal, October 14, 2014 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ a b c Mons. José Hernán Sánchez Porras ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , OBISPO CASTRENSE PARA VENEZUELA, accessed October 14, 2014 (Spanish)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.obispadocastrensevenezuela.com
predecessor Office successor
Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce Military Bishop of Venezuela
2000-2014 		Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte
personal data
SURNAME Sánchez Porras, José Hernán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venezuelan clergyman and theologian, Catholic military bishop of Venezuela
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Palmira , Venezuela
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 2014
Place of death Caracas , Venezuela